22/02/11 Limavady Campus Gig

I set up at this gig with Jason Cameron and Niall O Doherty, who were the runners for the stage while I worked on the mixer and set up my iPod for music. The bands that were playing were Twisted Pepper and Medium Rare Twisted Pepper were the first band up consisted of a drummer, bassist, guitarist/keyboardist/backing vocalist,and the main vocalist. Medium Rare had a drummer, 2 guitarists using semi acoustics with one doing backing vocals, bassist/backing vocals, and 2 vocalists.
The hall itself wasn't the biggest and with the drums and amps set up we decided not to mic up the whole kit, just the kick, or the guitar and bass amps. This was because they came through clear and loud enough on their own due to the acoustics of the hall. We set up 4 vocal mics, 2 of which were being moved to the side for Twisted Pepper since they only used 2, then we would bring the other two back on the stage for when Medium Rare played. Two DIs were used, both for the semi acoustics in Medium Rare with one being used for keyboards in Twisted Peppers set. All leads were ran on the outside of the stage and were taped down to avoid an tripping hazards.

There was a problem with the monitors when were setting up for the gig. The monitors we were using didn't have the right connection for the Limavady techs desk and was causing a very noisy signal when turned up loud enough to be useful. So we decided not to use them and have the performers rely on the front of house.

Both bands played really well however Medium Rare had some very slight issues with timing, most likely due to the fact they had no monitor but they did carry it off well.

Channel Listing
1- Left Vocal
2- Centre Left Vocal
3- Centre Right Vocal
4- Right Vocal
5- Keyboard(Twisted Pepper)/Semi Acoustic(Medium Rare)
6- Semi Acoustic 2
7- Kick
Bass came out the amp for both bands and electric guitar came through the amp in Twisted Pepper also.

STAGE PLANS

Twisted Pepper layout

Medium Rare layout